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Blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood or blood-based products from one person into the circulatory system of another. Blood transfusions can be life-saving in some situations, such as massive blood loss due to trauma, or can be used to replace blood lost during surgery.

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies Presents Data on Automated Red Blood Cell Exchange to Treat Sickle Cell Disease at the American Society of Hematology

The abstracts highlight the potential to improve SCD treatment using aRBCX. The first poster presents data from U.S. insurance claims, examined in a study performed with researchers at University of Pittsburgh.

18 Dec 2024

Scientists Develop Novel Glycoengineering Platform to Revolutionize Vaccine and Therapeutic Production

A novel glycoengineering platform, created by the laboratory of Assistant Professor Chris Lok-To Sham from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), is poised to revolutionize future production of vaccines and therapeutics to fight infectious diseases.

17 Oct 2023

Mortality of newborns on ECMO linked with red blood cell transfusion volume

Newborns in respiratory failure who require the life-sustaining support of ECMO also require transfusion of red blood cells. But a new study indicates that the higher volume of these oxygen-carrying blood cells the babies receive, the higher their mortality rate.

15 Feb 2022

Antibodies from natural controllers appear to play crucial role in eliminating hepatitis B virus

Infections in humans caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) represent a major public health problem. Despite the availability of effective protective vaccines, more than 250 million individuals worldwide are chronically infected according to WHO estimates.

From Institut Pasteur 14 Aug 2020

Fully automated chip can quickly and reliably determine patients’ blood type

Blood transfusion, if performed promptly, is a potentially life-saving intervention for someone losing a lot of blood. However, blood comes in several types, some of which are incompatible with others.

14 Jul 2020